Saturday, January 09, 2010

Wintry Twitch at Barnes

I saw all the requests yesterday to feed the birds, but left it until this morning to put any out. As no birds came all morning I was worried that I had been responsible for the overnight extinction of all birdlife, but happily a trip to Barnes WWT was reassuring.

The lakes were almost entirely frozen over and we saw Water Rail and Snipe skittling about on the ice. Apparently we had just missed a 'Fox v Bittern Duel on Ice', and also a Jack Snipe.